The Bac Kan-based Hoa Tu Long Industry Company officially put the medical waste incinerator (YT30) into operation. This is the first high-tech incinerator made in Vietnam.

The incinerator has the capacity of 30-50 kilos of medical waste per hour. The patent has been granted by the Ministry of Science and Technology to Trinh Dinh Nang, Director of Hoa Tu Long.

Scientists say the YT30 incinerator could be described as a waste disposal system in miniature, rather than the single incinerator like the ones imported from foreign countries to Vietnam in recent years.

There is a big advantage of the incinerator manufactured with Vietnamese technology is that after burning, only glass and aluminum dioxide are left, while all other substances would be burned off, including needles. Especially, the incineration speed is four times faster than the incinerators with the same capacity made in the UK, Germany, or Japan.

http://www.healthcareasia.org/2012/vietnam-puts-locally-made-medical-waste-incinerator-into-use/

Congratulations to Vietnam and all of those involved in this exciting development. Technological development of effective small-scale waste management options are badly needed for use in so many parts of the world, and this one seems better than many. I hope the World Bank and WHO are watching, as both should be providing support for further development.